Patents by Inventor Reiko Miyazaki

Reiko Miyazaki has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9153286
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an operation unit, and a control unit that displays, on a display unit, a data image representing the contents of temporally continuous data along a time axis. Here, when a gesture operation for cutting the data image perpendicularly to the time axis is performed through the operation unit, the control unit divides the data at a position on the time axis in accordance with the position cut by the gesture operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Reiko Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20150249577
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a determination unit configured to determine whether to urge a user who uses a terminal to execute an action corresponding to an action executed by a different user who uses a different terminal, based on a relationship between the user and the different user, and acquire a determination result, and an output control unit configured to perform control in a manner that display corresponding to the determination result is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reiko Miyazaki, Ken Onogi, Yasushi Okumura
  • Patent number: 9110579
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an operation section; and a control section adapted to cause, when dragging is carried out through the operation section, a cursor interconnecting a start point and an end point of the dragging to be displayed on a display section in response to the dragging and execute, where a direction from one end portion of the cursor which is a start point side of the dragging to the other end portion of the cursor which is an end point side of the dragging is determined as a direction of the cursor, a process corresponding to the direction of the cursor for information displayed on the display section; the control section changing the information to be displayed on the display section when the other end portion of the cursor enters a predetermined region set on the screen by the dragging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Reiko Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9081497
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a press-down detection unit for detecting a press-down operation, and an information processing unit for performing, in a case a plurality of press-down operations are successively detected by the press-down detection unit in a state where first information and second information related to the first information are held, a paste operation of the first information by a first press-down operation and processing according to the second information by a second press-down operation following the first operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihito Ohki, Ritsuko Kano, Akihiro Komori, Reiko Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9047006
    Abstract: A method of operation of an electronic device system includes: detecting a drag performed on a touch screen, the drag having a first direction from a starting point and an ending point; detecting a stretchable cursor extendable based on the drag, the stretchable cursor having a cursor length, a cursor direction, a starting portion, and an ending portion at the ending point and larger than the starting portion at the starting point; displaying the stretchable cursor on the touch screen, the stretchable cursor stretched across a centerline on the touch screen; detecting whether a second direction of the drag is opposite the first direction; and moving a starting position of the stretchable cursor toward the centerline and away from the starting point when the second direction is opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: George Arriola, Michael P. Bauerly, Brian W. Johnson, Reiko Miyazaki, Tatsushi Nashida, Ken Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20150123994
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a control section configured to execute control to generate a superimposed image by superimposing on a background image a human body image that depicts at least a part of a human body and moves in response to gestural operation of a user, in order to display the superimposed image, while adjusting a display state of the superimposed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Seiji Suzuki, Reiko Miyazaki, Yasuyuki Koga, Takuo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9026926
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided that comprises a first detection unit configured to detect a first user operation on a first object and a first display unit configured to generate signals to display the first object in a first display state. The apparatus further comprises a second display unit configured to generate signals to change the display state of the first object from the first display state to a second display state. The apparatus further comprises a third display unit configured to generate signals to change the display state of the first object from the second display state to the first display state in response to the detection of the second user operation on the first object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ritsuko Kano, Yoshihito Ohki, Akihiro Komori, Reiko Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9026933
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a position detection unit for detecting a contact position of an operating tool which has contacted a screen, an area size detection unit for detecting a contact area size of the operating tool which has contacted the screen, a pressure detection unit for detecting a pressure of the operating tool pressing the screen, and a parameter setting unit for setting, according to the contact area size of the operating tool on an object for parameter setting displayed on the screen and the pressure of the operating tool pressing the object, a size of a parameter associated with the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ritsuko Kano, Yoshihito Ohki, Akihiro Komori, Reiko Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8970630
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an operation recognition part that recognizes a user operation for a display screen of a display unit; a determination part that determines whether the user operation recognized by the operation recognition part is an operation starting from within a predetermined region of the display screen or not; and a control part that scrolls information being displayed on the display screen while changing a level of detail of the information if the determination part determines that the user operation is the operation starting from within the predetermined region in response to the user operation, and performs changing of the level of detail of the information or scrolling of the information if the determination part determines that the user operation is not the operation starting from within the predetermined region in response to the user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Reiko Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20150049119
    Abstract: An information processing device is disclosed. The information processing device includes an inclination detection unit configured to generate a first signal regarding inclination of the device. The information processing device also includes a display processing unit configured to, based on the first signal, generate a second signal to initiate a change in orientation of a display of content, and generate a third signal to cancel the change in orientation in response to receipt of a CANCEL command after initiation of the change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Fuminori HOMMA, Reiko MIYAZAKI, Shoichiro MORIYA, Tatsushi NASHIDA
  • Patent number: 8947463
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus include: a control detection block configured to detect a control in a predetermined detection space; a position detection block configured to detect a three-dimensional position of a control detected by the control detection block; a threshold value setting block configured, if the control has approached the control detection block beyond a threshold value set to a predetermined distance through the control detection block on the basis of a three-dimensional position detected by the position detection block, to set the threshold value farther from the control detection block than the predetermined distance; a setting change block configured, if the control has exceeded the threshold value set by the threshold value setting block, to change setting values for predetermined processing; and a processing execution block configured to execute the processing by use of the setting values set by the setting change block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Reiko Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8947375
    Abstract: An information processing device including an operation unit in which an operation input is possible by a touch operation on an operating surface; and a control unit that executes processing corresponding to an operation input performed via the operation unit, wherein the control unit causes, if an area of a portion that is in contact with the operating surface accompanying a touch operation is obtained and a touch operation in which the area is equal to or greater than a predetermined value is performed, restoration information for later restoring the display contents of a screen that are currently being displayed on a display unit to be stored in a memory unit, and display contents of a screen are restored, according to an operation input performed via the operation unit, based on the restoration information recorded in the memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Reiko Miyazaki, Akihiro Komori, Ritsuko Kano, Yoshihito Ohki
  • Publication number: 20150012875
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a display unit for displaying thereon a plurality of input regions operated by an operating body, a detection unit for detecting an approach distance between the operating body and a surface of the display unit, and a region control unit for, when the operating body approaches one of the input regions within a predetermined distance, enlarging the input region which the operating body approaches, and moving at least one of the input regions such that the adjacent input regions do not overlap each other. The input region is enlarged and an overlap between the input regions is avoided so that a user can easily select a desired input region, thereby preventing erroneous selection of other input region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Reiko MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 8890897
    Abstract: An information processing device is disclosed. The information processing device includes an inclination detection unit configured to generate a first signal regarding inclination of the device. The information processing device also includes a display processing unit configured to, based on the first signal, generate a second signal to initiate a change in orientation of a display of content, and generate a third signal to cancel the change in orientation in response to receipt of a CANCEL command after initiation of the change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fuminori Homma, Reiko Miyazaki, Shoichiro Moriya, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Publication number: 20140317545
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a processor that receives an output from a user interface indicating that a first icon is selected; acquires sensor information corresponding to movement of the information processing apparatus; and controls a display to move at least a second icon on the display based on the acquired sensor information corresponding to the movement of the information processing apparatus upon receiving the output from the user interface that the first icon is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Reiko Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8860680
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a display unit for displaying thereon a plurality of input regions operated by an operating body, a detection unit for detecting an approach distance between the operating body and a surface of the display unit, and a region control unit for, when the operating body approaches one of the input regions within a predetermined distance, enlarging the input region which the operating body approaches, and moving at least one of the input regions such that the adjacent input regions do not overlap each other. The input region is enlarged and an overlap between the input regions is avoided so that a user can easily select a desired input region, thereby preventing erroneous selection of other input region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Reiko Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20140168129
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that controls a display to display first layer data, detects movement of the information processing apparatus, and controls the display to display second layer data corresponding to the first layer data together with the first layer data based on a movement detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reiko Miyazaki, Yasushi Okumura
  • Patent number: 8739067
    Abstract: An information display device includes: an image display unit that displays a plurality of images in a spiral manner according to a predetermined order; an operation information input, unit that, inputs operation information for the plurality of images; and a display processing unit that displays the plurality of images on the image display unit such that, in accordance with movement angle information and angular velocity information obtained from the operation information, the plurality of images are moved in a generally circumferential direction of a spiral formed of the plurality of images. Thus, the spirally arranged images are moved in the generally circumferential direction of the spiral, in accordance with the movement angle information and the angular velocity information obtained from the operation information. Therefore, compared to a case where an up-down-left-right key or the like is used, a particular one of the images can be selected through intuitive operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Reiko Miyazaki, Tatsushi Nashida, Kouichi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 8730158
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller that decides information to be displayed on a second display section based on an attribute of an operation subject displayed on a first display section when the operation subject is operated, and a communication section that transmits control information for causing the second display section to display the information decided by the controller to a device having the second display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Miyashita, Reiko Miyazaki, Yoshihito Ohki, Shoichiro Moriya
  • Publication number: 20140109024
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a position of a manipulation body on a display screen and a control unit configured to, if a first manipulation on the display screen in a locked state is detected, display, on the display screen, icons to be arranged based on a reference point indicating a position of the manipulation body when the first manipulation is completed, and if a second manipulation indicating a direction from the reference point is detected, start up an application corresponding to the icon specified by the second manipulation. An associated method and computer readable storage medium are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Reiko Miyazaki